Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Richard Sale
Writer(s):   Richard Sale
Studio:  Copa Productions
Year Released:  1957        Running Time:  100 min
Genre:  Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Hurricane, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the real-life sinking of the William Brown in 1841, a ship's officer must decide who lives or dies after their luxury liner sinks
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Adrift (2018)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Baltasar Kormákur
Writer(s):   Tami Ashcraft Aaron Kandell Jordan Kandell David Branson Smith
Studio:  Huayi Brothers, Lakeshore Entertainment, RVK Studios
Year Released:  2018        Running Time:  96 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  56/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  71%
Plot Snapshot:  In 1983, two lovers set sail from Tahiti to San Diego and run right into Hurricane Raymond, into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes ever recorded
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Links to Buy/Rent:The Aeronauts (2019)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Tom Harper
Writer(s):   Jack Thorne Tom Harper
Studio:  Amazon Studios, Mandeville Films
Year Released:  2019        Running Time:  100 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and History
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  60/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  71%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of the 1862 touch-and-go ascent in a hot-air balloon that broke records for altitude
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After the Titanic (2012)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Al Gurst
Writer(s):   Craig Daniels Al Gurst
Studio:  SEWFilms
Year Released:  2012        Running Time:  128 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
IMDb: --    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Dramatization of one survivor's story from the 1912 sinking of RMS Titanic
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Not available on Amazon
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Air Crew (Ekipazh) (1980)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Aleksandr Mitta
Writer(s):   Yuli Dunsky Valeri Frid
Studio:  Mosfilm
Year Released:  1980        Running Time:  144 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A flight crew manages to land their airplane in a city damaged by an earthquake, but it might never take off again...
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Air Panic (2002)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Bob Misiorowski
Writer(s):   Jace Anderson Boaz Davidson Adam Gierasch
Studio:  Nu Image / Millennium Films
Year Released:  2002        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  It's an FAA systems analyst to the rescue when a deranged computer hacker is crashing passenger planes
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good) and Young scientist / old codger whom no one listens to
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Ken Finkleman
Writer(s):   Ken Finkleman
Studio:  Paramount Pictures
Year Released:  1982        Running Time:  85 min
Genre:  Comedy and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Runaway technology, Space travel, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  42%
Plot Snapshot:  Ted Striker must save the day again when a computer malfunction locks his space shuttle on a course into the sun
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Airplane vs. Volcano (2014)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   James Kondelik Jon Kondelik
Writer(s):   James Kondelik Jon Kondelik
Studio:  The Asylum
Year Released:  2014        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Planetary, Transportation, and Volcano
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Passengers on an airliner need to work together to get their plane out of a ring of volcanos. Sure, why not?
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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Airplane! (1980)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Jim Abrahams David Zucker Jerry Zucker
Writer(s):   Hall Bartlett John C. Champion Arthur Hailey Jim Abrahams David Zucker Jerry Zucker
Studio:  Paramount Pictures
Year Released:  1980        Running Time:  88 min
Genre:  Comedy
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Parody, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  78/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  97%
Plot Snapshot:  A pilot with PTSD is forced to take over when the captain and passengers get food poisoning. And don't call me Shirley.
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members and Iconic landmark destroyed
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Airport '77 (1977)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Jerry Jameson
Writer(s):   Arthur Hailey Michael Scheff David Spector H.A.L. Craig Charles Kuenstle
Studio:  Universal Pictures
Year Released:  1977        Running Time:  114 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  50%
Plot Snapshot:  A jet full of precious art is hijacked, runs into fog, and crashes in the Bermuda Triangle, where it becomes submerged
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Links to Buy/Rent:Airport (1970)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  G
Director(s):   George Seaton Henry Hathaway
Writer(s):   Arthur Hailey George Seaton
Studio:  Universal Pictures, Ross Hunter Productions
Year Released:  1970        Running Time:  137 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel, Bomb/explosion, Manmade, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  80%
Plot Snapshot:  After a bomb detonates on a plane, the flight crew and ground personnel have to figure out how to land the plane safely
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Evil corporate shill / greedy land developer, Side character who sacrifices him/herself, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Airport 1975 (1974)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Jack Smight
Writer(s):   Arthur Hailey Don Ingalls
Studio:  Universal Pictures
Year Released:  1974        Running Time:  107 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  29%
Plot Snapshot:  A female flight attendant must try to land a 747 after it collides with a small plane, knocking out the captain and co-captain
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Links to Buy/Rent:Alive (1993)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Frank Marshall
Writer(s):   Piers Paul Read John Patrick Shanley
Studio:  Film Andes S.A., The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Paramount Pictures
Year Released:  1993        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  70%
Plot Snapshot:  Story of the real-life Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes, and their fight to survive
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Links to Buy/Rent:All Is Lost (2013)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   J.C. Chandor
Writer(s):   J.C. Chandor
Studio:  Before The Door Pictures, FilmNation Entertainment, Sudden Storm Productions
Year Released:  2013        Running Time:  106 min
Genre:  Action and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  87/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  94%
Plot Snapshot:  After colliding with a shipping container, a solo sailor fights to survive
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Links to Buy/Rent:Aniara (1960)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Arne Arnbom
Writer(s):   Erik Lindegren Harry Martinson
Studio:  Sveriges Radio
Year Released:  1960        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Musical and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor, Planetary, Space travel, and Transportation
Ratings:
IMDb: --    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  A refugee spaceship bound from Earth to Mars is knocked off course by an asteroid
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Aniara (2018)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  R
Director(s):   Pella Kagerman Hugo Lilja
Writer(s):   Harry Martinson Pella Kagerman Hugo Lilja
Studio:  Meta Film Stockholm
Year Released:  2018        Running Time:  106 min
Genre:  Drama and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor, Planetary, Space travel, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  61/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  69%
Plot Snapshot:  Remake of the 1960 TV movie. A refugee spaceship traveling from Earth to Mars is knocked off course by an asteroid, causing the consumption-obsessed passengers to consider their place in the universe.
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Anything to Survive (1990)
Movie Type:  TV movie         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Zale Dalen
Writer(s):   Elmo Wortman Jonathan Rintels
Studio:  ATL Productions, B.C. Films, Saban/Scherick Productions
Year Released:  1990        Running Time:  91 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Planetary, Storm, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on a true story. A man and his children become stranded on a remote island while sailing home to Alaska, losing their boat in the storm. The authorities believe they're dead, but guess what?
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Apollo 13 (1995)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Ron Howard
Writer(s):   Jim Lovell Jeffrey Kluger William Broyles Jr. Al Reinert
Studio:  Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Year Released:  1995        Running Time:  140 min
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Manmade, Space travel, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  77/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  95%
Plot Snapshot:  Story of the ill-fated 1970 space mission, in which an explosion early into the mission makes survival uncertain
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Links to Buy/Rent:Atlantic (1929)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ewald André Dupont
Writer(s):   Victor Kendall Ernest Raymond
Studio:  British International Pictures (BIP)
Year Released:  1929        Running Time:  90 min
Genre:  Drama and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the stage play. Fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story; also released in French and German.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Links to Buy/Rent:- Amazon
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Atlantik (1929)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ewald André Dupont
Writer(s):   Ernest Raymond Ewald André Dupont Victor Kendall
Studio:  British International Pictures (BIP)
Year Released:  1929        Running Time:  114 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the stage play. Fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story; also released in English and French.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Atlantis (1930)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Ewald André Dupont Jean Kemm
Writer(s):   Victor Kendall Pierre Maudru Ernest Raymond
Studio:  British International Pictures (BIP)
Year Released:  1930        Running Time:  114 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and History
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship, Iceberg, Manmade, Planetary, and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Based on the stage play. Fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story; also released in English and German.
TDA Checklist Items:  Iconic landmark destroyed and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Back from Eternity (1956)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   John Farrow
Writer(s):   Jonathan Latimer Richard Carroll
Studio:  John Farrow Productions
Year Released:  1956        Running Time:  97 min
Genre:  Adventure and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Cannibalism complicates things after a plane crashes in the South American jungle
TDA Checklist Items:  Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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Baltic Storm (2003)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Reuben Leder
Writer(s):   Jutta Rabe Reuben Leder Kaj Holmberg Henning Witte J.A. Gaudet
Studio:  Top Story Filmproduktion GmbH
Year Released:  2003        Running Time:  113 min
Genre:  Drama and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  --%
Plot Snapshot:  Thriller claiming that a Russian military conspiracy, not bad weather, was responsible for sinking the real-life MS Estonia in 1994, killing 850 people
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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG
Director(s):   Irwin Allen
Writer(s):   Paul Gallico Nelson Gidding
Studio:  Warner Bros.
Year Released:  1979        Running Time:  114 min
Genre:  Action, Adventure, and Drama
Category of Disaster:  Boat/ship and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  --/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  0%
Plot Snapshot:  Picking up just after the original, while passengers still await rescue on the submerged ship, two rival scuba teams enter to look for treasure
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Links to Buy/Rent:Bisangsuneon (Emergency Declaration) (2021)
Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  NR
Director(s):   Jae-rim Han
Writer(s):   Jae-rim Han
Studio:  C-JeS Entertainment
Year Released:  2021        Running Time:  147 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, and Thriller
Category of Disaster:  Air travel and Transportation
Ratings:
    Metascore:  '--/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  TBD%
Plot Snapshot:  After a terror incident occurs mid-flight, a passenger jet declares an emergency
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